Philippine Minister Jesse Robredo died in Plane Crash

The most powerful minister of Philippinedied in plane crash on 19 August 2012. Mr Robredo, 54, was in charge of the national police force and provincial governments. He was a close ally of Mr Aquino and helped his election campaign in 2010. He was a long-time mayor of Naga City before his appointment to Mr Aquino's cabinet. The Interior secretary Jesse Robredo. This crash was held at the central island of Masbate. A graduate of Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government, Mr Robredo received numerous awards for good governance. He was also awarded with the most prestigious Ramon Magsaysay, known as Asia's version of the Nobel Prize, in 2000.